Baseball game



A. McK. BELL.

BASEBALL GAME.

APPLICATION men 001.10, 1921.

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' ATTORNEY Patented Nov. Ml, I922.

,ALTON IVIOKAY BELL, or BIRMINGHAM, stam na, isssrenon or ONE-HALF '10 WALTER D. BELL, I OFBIR'MINGEAM, ALABAMA.

ass stant GAME.

Applicationifiled0ctober:10, 1921. Serial No..506,90 9.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Anton MoKArBnLL, a OllilZ6I1-"Of.tl18 United States of America, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jeiferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Baseball-Game, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game appa ratus adapted for playing av game of base ball and it is characterizedsby theifact' that 'I utilize a :deck of: cards orajdial and spinning pointer displaying the various card indicia as the means for controlling the moves, and by the further .fact that the movement oft-he runner about the bases and the scoring of runs and outs are all controlled by swinging indicators .pivotally mounted on the game board and thus not adapted to be misplaced or lost.

A further distinctive feature of my invention involves the incorporation in the game board of a score board which-is covered by a transparent sheet uponwhich the scores of -each inning are written and from which they can be erased without injur to the board that-'would'afiect its permanent use.

My invention also comprises the novel details ofconstruction-and arrangements of parts, which are typically illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents one portion of the game board.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the board taken on a transverse section through the score board; and

Fig. 3 is a view of the missing portion of the board omitted from Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

in the preferred embodiment of my invention illustrated, I show a game as comprisin a board 1 which may be of any suitabl e material and lined or reinforced according to the materials available and the price of the finished article. trated the board in its simplest form as composed of a sheet of card-board or the like having printed or displayed on its upper face a base ball diamond comprising a home plate 2, first base 3, second base 4 and third base 5, and the board is appropriately marked to designate these bases. Pivotally mounted on the board adjacent to each base I have illusis a swinging indicator 6 for the first base, Tfor second base and 8 for. third base, each of these indicators representing a runner and being suitably shaped or marked to that end. Each indicator which will hereafter be re ferred to as a runner, is mounted ona thin metallic strip or bar 9, which is pivotally secured tothe board by an eyelet or pivot pln 10,,and is so positioned that it can be swung to I position on the base adjacent thereto. 7 p

(In the center of the diamonch as offering a most convenient place, I arrange a dial 11 for the scoring .of runs, which is subdivided and markedwith a series of numerals progressing numerically from zero up and is provided with a pointer 12 suitably pivoted to the board at 13 and adapted to keep the score of runs made by a side in each inning. At a convenient point 011 the board adjacent to the diamond I mount a pointer 14 pivotally connected to the board at 15 and movable relatively t0-a dial 16 hearing the numerals O, 1, 2, and 3 and appropriately markedto designate outs. Between the diamondandthe lower portion of the board carrying the rulesvand playing dial I interpose a score board 17 appropriately marked to designate the runs scored by each side in each inning and the total runs, and over this board'I attach by means of-the eyelets 18, or equivalent means, a transparent covering sheet 19 of. celluloid or any like. matrial through Whichthe printed score board can be observed and on which the score is marked for each inning. As the surface of the covering part is of hard and durable material it will not be injured by constant erasure and thus forms a permanent score board.

The other portion of the game board carries a large pointer 20 pivotally connected to the board at 21. and adapted to be spun by the players, The pointer co-operates with an annular dial 22 which is subdivided into fifty-three equal sized subdivisions or spaces 23 and in each of these spaces is displayed the corner indicia of a card of a standard deck of cards, including the joker. The dial thus displays in the fiftyllO ticular card which will. determine the value of the next play according to the rules which are briefly indicated at the left of the dial. At the right of the dial are printed the proper directions and instructions for the play of the game, but these are omitted from the drawing for the sake of clearness and the value of the various plays as indicated by the rules has been somewhat abridged for their more convenient display.- ln playing the game,the runner indicators 6, 7 and 8 are swung from position over the bases and the pointers 12 and 14 are moved to zero position. When the dial 22 is used, the pointer 20 is spun by the player and the value or" the card opposite which it comes to rest is noted by reference to the rules and carried out in-the play. If, for instance, the pointer comes to rest opposite the queen of hearts, or the queen of any suit, a base hit has been made and the runner 6' is thereupon shifted to position on first base 3. The pointer 20} is then spun again and if it comes to rest on the three spot of any suit the next player is out, the runner remains on first, and the out pointer 14; is advanced opposite the index 1'. If the pointer when next spun comes to rest on a jack of any suit, the runner is advanced to second, this being indicated. by moving the runner 6 off of first base, by shifting the runner 7 onto second base, and by advancing the out pointer 14 to the index 2. In this manner each side continues making plays until the side is retired, whereupon the score is noted on the score board, all of the runners are shifted from their position on bases and the next side commences play.

It is of very great importance to note that the game is equally capable oi being played with a deck of cards as with the pointer 20, the cards for the successive plays of a side being selected in accordance with any arbitrary rule which the players may select, and my invention therefore contemplates that the play may be carried on with a deck of cards and the special pointer 20 and dial 22 may be dispensed with, but I prefer utilizing the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a game apparatus,'a board having a base ball diamond displayed thereon, a runner indicator pivoted to the board adjacent to each base and adapted to be swung into position thereon, a run index on the board and a pivoted pointer therefor, an out index on the board and a'pivoted pointer therefor, an annular dial on the board divided into spaces in which are displayed the indicia of the cards of a playing deck, a pointer for said latter dial, and means to pivot said several pointers on the board, there being rules specifying the character oil play represented by each card index. 7

2. In a game apparatus, a game board having a base ball diamond displayed thereon, movable runner indicators mounted on the game board for use on said diamond to show the position of runners on the several bases, mechanical means mounted on the game board to keep the score of runs andouts for each inning, a score board for the game printed on the game board and having a transparent cover suitable for pencil scores mounted thereover on the game board,and means on the gameboard utilizing the indicia of the cards of a deck of playing cards to select the various plays by reference to printed'rules.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

Witness I NoMm WELSH. 

